鹊鹞
què​yào

pied harrier

鹊 que magpie Simplified

Simplified form of 鵲. Phonosemantic compound. 鳥 represents the meaning and 昔 represents the sound. Originally written as 舄.

Components

鸟
鸟 Meaning component
niǎo bird
昔
昔 Sound component
xī, cuò in the past, ancient times

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

鹞 yào, yáo sparrow hawk Simplified

Components

鸟
鸟 Meaning component
niǎo bird

bird

䍃
䍃 Sound component
yáo, yóu vase, pitcher

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

鵲 que magpie Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 鳥 represents the meaning and 昔 represents the sound.

Components

鳥
鳥 Meaning component
niǎo bird
昔
昔 Sound component
xī, cuò in the past, ancient times

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagarttshjak[tsʰ]ak magpie

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart

鷂 sparrow hawk Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 鳥 represents the meaning and 䍃 represents the sound.

Components

鳥
鳥 Meaning component
niǎo bird
䍃
䍃 Sound component
yáo, yóu vase, pitcher

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhanglew
lews

說文解字

鷙鳥也。从鳥䍃聲。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)